The History Of the Harvard Classics
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- The Harvard Classics. In 1908 Doctor Charles W. Eliot, who had been the President of Harvard University for 40 years, was heard saying that a three-foot shelf of books could offer anyone who was interested the equivalent to a “Liberal Arts Education." P.F. Collier & Sons Company, a magazine and publishing company, took him up on his claim and asked that he put together that list of books, but expanded it to 5 feet. That's were the story begins. No Quantum Physics required. Algebra is not on the list.
What equipment did you use to get rid of the smell? I just bought a set of Harvard Classics and they stink to high Heaven of mildew!
PS: I am starting my own publishing company in the future and will be “resurrecting” the Harvard Classics for a new generation! They will have the same look and feel as the originals
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I have all the Harvard Classics and all the Great Books of the Western World as well as all the Great Ideas Today and the Gateway to the Great Books and the Great Ideas Program and have read most of them :)
Do you have photos of your library?
A great overview of the set's history. Regarding definitions such as you found with the the definition of a liberal education, I have become so wary of modern, online dictionaries - they can change definitions with the click of a button!
To get a genuine understanding of what the term: "A good Liberal Arts EDUCATION" means, you will need to "look it up" in a volume published from 1860 to about 1950. By the end of the 1960's and early 1970's the whole idea of what a "College Education" was comprised of changed beyond recognition!
Regarding the Bible, Mortimer Adler said the same thing regarding the "Great Books of the Western World" collection.
I have 12 of them
Thank you for your review! I have a question, the registered edition contains all of the 52 volumes but just in 23 books?